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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Junior standing, Williams School major, and permission of the department. A limited number of off-campus, summer positions open to Williams School majors. Selection is competitive, based on academic performance and personal interviews. Each intern is closely supervised by a member of the business administration department. Students register for the credits as part of a normal class load for the following Fall Term, during which they write an in-depth research paper related to their intern experiences.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Honors candidacy and minimum cumulative grade-point average in the major of 3.500. Honors Thesis.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of the department. Enrollment limited. Not open to students with previous credit in 200-level chemistry. An elementary study of the structure and reactions of molecules. Laboratory work illustrates some fundamental procedures in chemistry. Designed for non-science students fulfilling general education requirements or desiring a science elective. Laboratory course with fee. Desjardins, Pleva.
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4.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary introduction to the concepts underlying nonlinear dynamics and fractal geometry emphasizing the theories of chaos and complexity. Students study mathematical and computer modeling of physical and social systems and interpret the results of these models using graphical methods and written descriptions. Methods and concepts from calculus are demonstrated but no mathematics beyond high-school algebra is assumed. The laboratory component consists of a series of projects from diverse areas of the natural sciences, including pendulum motion, oscillating chemical reactions, and natural growth patterns. Laboratory course. Desjardins, Pleva, Abry.
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4.00 Credits
The fundamental principles of general chemistry, with emphasis on atomic and molecular structure, phases of matter, and spectroscopic methods. Laboratory work includes model building, qualitative inorganic analysis and a brief introduction to GC-MS, NMR and UV-VIS spectroscopies. No previous knowledge of chemistry is required, though it is advantageous. Laboratory course with fee. Tuchler, Uffelman, Abry.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CHEM 111. A continuation of CHEM 111, with emphasis on inorganic systems exhibiting aqueous solution equilibria. Topics covered include acid/base reactions, redox reactions, complexation, precipitation reactions, introductory thermodynamics and kinetics, and solution equilibrium. Laboratory work emphasizes techniques of chemical quantitative analysis and data handling. Designed for students planning to continue with more advanced science courses. Laboratory course with fee. Desjardins, Pleva, Abry.
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3.00 Credits
This writing-based seminar considers how scientists describe natural phenomena and express scientific theories in terms of mathematics, graphical representations, and prose. Students examine a collection of topics from physics, chemistry and biology and examine how accepted explanations of these phenomena in terms of mathematical models are verified by experiment and then translated to concepts using ordinary language. In essence, if a scientific theory is expressed as an equation, how can we understand it in terms of pictures and words? Topics include entropy, the uncertainty principle, and definitions of life. Desjardins.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the structure of molecules as well as their inter- and intramolecular interactions, with an emphasis on those species of importance to food and cooking. Chemical reactivity as it relates to cooking, food preservation, and spoilage is also discussed. Course work includes cooking and food-based experiments. The first two weeks take place on campus, the final two weeks includes visits to a culinary school and food production facilities. This course may not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for Chemistry 295 when the topic was culinary chemistry. France.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. This course develops students’ fundamental understanding of certain physical, chemical, biological, and geological concepts and utilizes that vocabulary and knowledge to discuss 17th-century Dutch art. The emphasis is on key aspects of optics, light, and chemical bonding needed to understand how a painting “works” and how art conservators analyze paintings in terms of conservation and authenticity, using techniques such as X-ray radiography, X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Raman microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, infrared microscopy, infrared reflectography, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, UV-vis spectroscopy, UV photography, and laser ablation methods. When possible, the course develops modern notions of science with those of the 17th century in order to see how 17th-century science influenced 17th-century art. Uffelman.
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4.00 Credits
Scientists agree with economists, doctors, investors, and CEOs that computer models are the best tools that we have available for understanding complex systems and addressing predictive challenges therein. In this course, you learn to design, create, and implement models of simple systems, beginning with creating a model that reproduces measureable behavior of a system in which we all have interest - the temperature of the earth. Students learn about the atmosphere, its chemistry, and its dynamics and build a “simple” model to reproduce actual measureable data. You learn to think about the design of models in terms of sources, sinks, stocks, flows, feedback, events, rates, and equilibrium. Finally, you independently identify a system to model that is either relevant to the atmosphere, to the biosphere, or of general interest to you. Readings include selections from an introductory text on computational science, excerpts from texts on global climate that involve both the policy and the science of the atmosphere, and whatever material needed to complete the final project. Tuchler.
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